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MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Elevamini-Symphony No 1 / Sinfonia Concertante / etc Martin Jones (piano) Malcolm Williamson (piano) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves [ Lyrita / CD - released 27/Apr/2008 ] Though Malcolm Williamson lived in London for fifty years, many of the titles and first performance venues of his works confirm that he was at heart an Australian: as well as his pieces for Australian Bicentennial Year, 1988, his last two symphonies... |
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JEAN FRANCAIX
The music for solo piano, duo & duet Martin Jones, with Richard McMahon & Adrian Farmer (pianos) [ Nimbus / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2012 ] " Martin Jones and his accompanying colleagues also obviously have a high regard for his music and that comes out in sparklingly brilliant performances." (MusicWeb) |
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Martin Krusche
Friendship Pagoda [ Naxos Jazz / CD - released 3/Jul/2000 ] |
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J. S. BACH
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (complete oratorio) Martin Lattke (Evangelist) Carolyn Sampson (soprano) Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto) Wolfram Lattke (tenor) / Gewandhausorchester / Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "This is an exceptional Christmas Oratorio and it becomes one of the front-runners in a crowded field." (INternational Record Review) |
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JOSEF FRIEDRICH DOPPELBAUER
Doppelbauer: Essential Works for Cello and Piano Martin Merker (cello), Anna Adamik (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Oct/2020 ] "I found the recorded sound to be splendid and all of the performances good. I just wish the quality of the music matched the performances and sonics." Fanfare |
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ALESSANDRO STRADELLA
La Susanna Martin Oro (narrator), Gemma Bertagnolli, Sergio Foresti, Mirko Guadagnini & Isabel Alvarez / Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 10/Feb/2013 ] "Astronio's capable performance will reward anyone interested in the development of Italian oratorio between Carissimi and Handel." (Gramophone) |
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SCHUMANN
Chamber Music Vol. 2 - Works for Violoncello and Piano Martin Ostertag (cello) / Kalle Randalu (piano) [ MDG Records / CD - released 18/May/2011 ] The violoncello played a much larger role in Robert Schumann's life than is generally known. As a pianist, he loved the big stringed instrument because it helped him to relax his right hand, which for a time was greatly strained by too much piano... |
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ARNOLD / JACOB / BERKELEY / DELIUS / IRELAND
English Viola Sonatas Martin Outram (viola) / Julian Rolton (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] "What a fabulous disk! English music at its best in performances of the highest order. This isn't for a minority audience - viola players only - this is essential listening for everyone with an interest in music."(Bargain of the Month Music Web May 2010) |
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HASKELL SMALL
Lullaby of War / Renoir’s Feast / Three Etudes in Sound Martin Rayner (narrator) / Soheil Nasseri (piano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] American composer Haskell Small "has a rich imagination as a composer and an assured mastery of forms. Highly original without being self-consciously modernistic, this music has a sense of traditional structures and values without losing sight of its... |
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TONY BANKS
Banks: 18 Pieces for Orchestra Martin Robertson, Charlie Siem, Tony Banks, Frank Ricotti, John Barclay, Skaila Kanga [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 13/Sep/2024 ] Famous for his role as the keyboard player in rock band Genesis and as a solo artist, Tony Banks was always fascinated by the idea of writing orchestral music. |
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NIELSEN
The Complete Piano Music Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "Hyperion gives him vivid and natural recorded sound and there are outstanding notes by Daniel Grimley" (BBC Music Magazine Instrumental Choice July 2008) |
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ERNO DOHNANYI
The Complete solo piano music Vol 1 Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "The auspices are good even before you press the play button...The Four Rhapsodies, while having almost identical timings to Roscoe's first-rate earlier performances, are now more subtly characterised...this is a particularly happy start to the... |
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ERNO DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: The Complete Solo Piano Music - Volume 4 Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] With this fourth volume-a collection in which Dohnányi pays homage to the styles and traditions of his great composer-pianist predecessors- Martin Roscoe brings his complete survey to a dazzling conclusio |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz - Orchestral Works [Incls 'Piano Concerto No 1'] Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 29/May/2016 ] "Mena has the BBC Phil sounding more Spanish than most Spanish orchestras in this music." Recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2016 |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works Vol 4 (9 Preludes, Op. 1 Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 36 etc ) Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Dec/2005 ] "Martin Roscoe - a pianist of considerable ability - he has obviously dedicated a great deal of time to this composer, and the hard work pays off in spades. His readings are authoritative and convincing" (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works Vol 1 (Mazurkas, Op. 50, Nos. 1- 4 ; Four Studies, Op. 4; Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 21 ; etc ) Martin Roscoe, piano [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "A bargain, and strongly recommended." - Gramophone |
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KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Piano Works Vol 2 (Mazurkas, Op. 50, Nos. 5-12 ; on a Polish Theme, Op. 10 ; etc ) Martin Roscoe (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jan/2004 ] "Roscoe takes wing through it all, rising nobly to the poetry of the Fantasia and the Variations... A genuine bargain" - Fanfare |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Britannia / The Berserking / Into the Ferment Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] 'Energy and wit abound in music with plenty of stories to tell.' (Gramophone) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Volume 3 (Incls Suites from 'Hamlet' & 'the Young Guard') Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "The Chandos issue will appeal to film music buffs and Shostakovich completists but it deserves to reach a wider audience given the flair and dynamism of the music-making and the high quotient of tunes. As I observed last time round, Sinaisky is... |
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SOMERVELL / COWEN
Piano Concertos Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martin Brabbins [ Hyperion Romantic Piano Concertos Vol 54 / CD - released 20/Sep/2011 ] "Martin Roscoe does an impressive job with the fistfuls of notes." (The Guardian) |